to-be-or-not-to-be
Original: to-be-or-not-to-be on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a white lab coat, glasses, shirt and tie stands in front of a green chalkboard covered in scientific diagrams (angles, geometric figures, a circle with notation). He points to himself, looking earnest.
Man: "“To be or not to be” that is an IRRELEVANT question. The goal is REPRODUCTION."
Caption below panel: Bringing together the arts and sciences didn't go as well as hoped.
Votey:
The same man, eyes closed, continuing to speak.
Man: "In fact, most Elizabethan drama is scientifically inaccurate."
A man in a white lab coat, glasses, shirt and tie stands in front of a green chalkboard covered in scientific diagrams (angles, geometric figures, a circle with notation). He points to himself, looking earnest.
Man: "“To be or not to be” that is an IRRELEVANT question. The goal is REPRODUCTION."
Caption below panel: Bringing together the arts and sciences didn't go as well as hoped.
Votey:
The same man, eyes closed, continuing to speak.
Man: "In fact, most Elizabethan drama is scientifically inaccurate."
Alt text
A man in a white lab coat and glasses stands before a green chalkboard full of scientific diagrams, pointing to himself as he declares: “‘To be or not to be’ that is an irrelevant question. The goal is reproduction.” A caption reads: “Bringing together the arts and sciences didn't go as well as hoped.” In the votey aftercomic, the same man, eyes closed, adds: “In fact, most Elizabethan drama is scientifically inaccurate.” The joke is a scientist mangling Hamlet's famous soliloquy by reducing literature's deepest questions to biological imperatives.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.